Greek Herbed Lamb with Rice
And now for something completely different…
My wife makes a lot of good food, but this is by far my favorite meal she makes. The best part is that it’s insanely easy to make, thanks to the faithful crock pot. What we usually do is prepare the ingredients before we go to bed, and then turn on the crock pot in the morning before we go to work. And in the evening, when we get home, the whole house smells fantastic. The recipe calls for lam shanks, but a lamb or beef roast works as well. I wanted to pass this along because it tastes fucking fantastic!
4 lamb shanks
1 cup white wine
1 tablespoon dried oregano, crushed
1 tablespoon dried mint, crushed
1 teaspoon green peppercorns, crushed
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup uncooked rice
Place the lamb shanks in a slow cooker with meaty ends down. In a small bowl, combine wine, oregano, mint, peppercorns, salt and garlic. Pour mixture over lamb. Cover and cook on LOW 7 to 9 hours or until meat is tender. Remove meat from bones, discard bones. Return meat to cooker. Turn control to HIGH. Add rice; cover and cook 1 hour.
It’s a fantastic meal on cold winter evenings and goes great with a nice dark beer or red wine. Enjoy!
